Candidates for the Azure Fundamentals certification should have foundational knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure. This certification is intended for candidates who are just beginning to work with cloud-based solutions and services or are new to Azure.
Azure Fundamentals certification is an opportunity to prove knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure services, Azure workloads, security and privacy in Azure, as well as Azure pricing and support. Candidates should be familiar with the general technology concepts, including concepts of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development.
The foundational level certification validates broad knowledge of cloud concepts and Azure Cloud products, services, tools, features, benefits, and use cases, specifically understanding the capabilities of Azure Cloud.
The foundational level certification is focused on the fundamental skills of deploying, monitoring, and maintaining projects on Azure Cloud.
This certification is a good starting point for those new to cloud and can be used as a path to professional level certifications.
Core Topics
Cloud Computing Fundamental Concepts
Azure Cloud Products and Services
SaaS | PaaS | IaaS
Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud Services
Cloud Service Models
Virtual Machines or Instances
Virtual Switches
Virtual Storage
Azure Cloud Compute Services
Azure Cloud Networking Services
Azure Cloud Storage Services
Azure Cloud Security Services
Azure Cloud Identity Access Management
Managing Billing Configuration
Planning and Configuring a Cloud solution
An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys and secures applications and infrastructure, monitors operations of multiple projects, and maintains enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. This individual has experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They are able to use Azure Cloud Console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain and scale one or more deployed solutions that leverage Azure-managed or self-managed services on Azure Cloud.The foundational level certification validates broad knowledge of cloud concepts and Azure Cloud products, services, tools, features, benefits, and use cases, specifically understanding the capabilities of Azure Cloud.
The foundational level certification is focused on the fundamental skills of deploying, monitoring, and maintaining projects on Azure Cloud.
This certification is a good starting point for those new to cloud and can be used as a path to professional level certifications.
Core Topics
Cloud Computing Fundamental Concepts
Azure Cloud Products and Services
SaaS | PaaS | IaaS
Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud Services
Cloud Service Models
Virtual Machines or Instances
Virtual Switches
Virtual Storage
Azure Cloud Compute Services
Azure Cloud Networking Services
Azure Cloud Storage Services
Azure Cloud Security Services
Azure Cloud Identity Access Management
Deploying and implementing networking resources
Deploying and implementing Storage resources
Deploying and implementing Compute resources
Deploying and implementing Security resources
Managing Billing Configuration
Planning and Configuring a Cloud solution
An Associate Cloud Engineer deploys and secures applications and infrastructure, monitors operations of multiple projects, and maintains enterprise solutions to ensure that they meet target performance metrics. This individual has experience working with public clouds and on-premises solutions. They are able to use Azure Cloud Console and the command-line interface to perform common platform-based tasks to maintain and scale one or more deployed solutions that leverage Azure-managed or self-managed services on Azure Cloud.
